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MEMBER OF POLDHU ARC, WHO REALIZED THAT THE SOLAR CONDITIONS IN THE WINTER
OF 2006/2007 WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHEN MARCONI RECEIVED THE SIGNALS IN
NEWFOUNDLAND SUNSPOT MINIMUM IN MIDWINTER WITH ITS ATTENDANT LOW
IONOSPHERIC D LAYER ABSORPTION AND MINIMUM ABSORPTION FREQUENCY. AS BART
SAID I DETERMINED, IN 1998 OR SO, THAT THE SUNSPOT NUMBER IN DECEMBER 1901
WAS EXACTLY ZERO, A REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE IF NOTHING ELSE. THE D LAYER
DAYLIGHT ABSORPTION WAS THEN MUCH LESS THAN NOWADAYS BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF
ATMOSPHERIC NITRIC OXIDE WAS LESS, TOO. CARL LUETZELSCHWAB, K9LA, FIRST
POINTED OUT TO ME THE ROLE OF NITRIC OXIDE IN THE D LAYER. WHAT THIS COULD
MEAN IN 1901 IS THAT A WHOLE LOT MORE OF MARCONIS 15 KW HIT THE F LAYER TO
COME DOWN IN ST JOHNS THAN WOULD HAPPEN TODAY. HOW MUCH MORE IS HARD TO
SAY. SO 1901 PERHAPS GOT A BONUS IN DBM RELATIVE TO TODAY. FROM THE START
OF NOVEMBER, THE POLDHU AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, BASED AT MARCONIS ORIGINAL
TRANSMITTER SITE ON THE LIZARD PENINSULA, CORNWALL, USED A 160 METER BEACON
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876 QC WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA ARC KI4PND 115 2 15 480 AL 4F STANFORD ARC W6YX
K6SU 5057 2 40 17,158 SCV W8FY K8VGL 1998 2 24 6,042 OH MAXIM MEMORIAL
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